Royal Bank of Scotland has confirmed it will close the Market Street Branch. In a letter to customers, the bank has confirmed the Marple branch will close in January, along with the Romiley, Disley, Hazel Grove and Chapel-en-le-Frith branches. The Stockport Great Underbank office is scheduled to close in November and Hyde has already gone.

Disley Amalgamated Sports Club has a long history of offering sporting facilities to the local community; in 1915 it was decided to allow wounded soldiers or sailors free use of the Club on any afternoon.

When the Moorside Grange Hotel and Spa closed its doors in January 2013 there was much speculation about what was going to become of the site. A rumour doing the rounds at the time was that the building was going to become a prison though this brought hasty denials from the local council.